David Tucker (geologist)
David Tucker is a geologist in Washington state. He a research associate at Western Washington University, instructor at North Cascades Institute, and the director of Mount Baker Volcano Research Center.[1][2][3][4] He operates the blog "Northwest Geology Field Trips",[5]:55 a "must-read" blog for laypeople interested in geology.[4] In 2015, he published a popular book on Washington geology, Geology Underfoot in Western Washington.[6][7][8][9] He resides in Bellingham, Washington.[10]
Tucker is a 1974 and 2004 Western Washington University graduate.[11]
In 2012, Tucker and two collaborators published a paper that described a new species of Gastornis, a flightless bird, Rivavipes giganteus. The description followed discovery of the largest known fossil bird footprint, found in the Chuckanut Formation, and which Tucker helped organize a volunteer team to helilift out of a landslide.[12][13][14]
Bibliography
- Tucker, Dave (November 2011). John Scurlock, ed. Snow & Spire: Flights to Winter in the North Cascade Range. Wolverine Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9826154-7-8. (contributed essays[15])
- Tucker, Dave (2015). Geology Underfoot in Western Washington. Mountain Press Publishing. ISBN 9780878426409.
- Mustoe, G.; Tucker, D.; Kemplin, K (2012), "Giant Eocene bird footprints from northwest Washington, USA", Palaeontology 55 (6): 1293–1305, doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01195.x
References
- ↑ Kate Webb (November 6, 2012), "Mount Baker photos taken 100 years apart show startling glacial recession", Metro News (Canada)
- ↑ Mount Baker Volcano Research Center
- ↑ North Cascades Institute—Instructors
- 1 2 Stephanie Ashton (April 26, 2010), "What lies beneath: Northwest Geology Field Trips", Foothills Gazette (Lynden, Washington)
- ↑ Romaine, Garret (2013), Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 9781493004690
- ↑ "Rock trail brings dramatic geology up close", The Seattle Times, 2014-11-05
- ↑ "Learn about local geology with Dave Tucker on May 11", Bellingham Herald, May 10, 2015
- ↑ Mira Casteel (May 15, 2015), "Western geologist speaks on launch of new book", The Western Front (Western Washington University)
- ↑ Dean Kahn (May 18, 2015), "Bellingham geologist writes Western Washington guidebook", Bellingham Herald
- ↑ Author biography, Mountain Press, retrieved 2015-06-10
- ↑ "'Bird Herd' brings prehistoric bird's footprint to WWU", Window Magazine (Western Washington University), Spring–Summer 2015
- ↑ pskhun (November 25, 2012), "Rivavipes giganteus: Giant Eocene bird footprints from northwest Washington, USA", Novataxa: Species new to science
- ↑ Brian Switek (November 14, 2012), "Eocene bird not so scary, after all", Wired Science (Wired)
- ↑ "General Membership Meeting with Dave Tucker: Diatryma - Huge, Flightless Bird of the Chuckanut" (PDF), The Avalanche (North Cascades Audubon Society) 43 (8), November 2012 line feed character in
|title=at position 45 (help) - ↑ Christian Martin (December 7, 2011), "Book captures soaring views of North Cascades in winter", Crosscut.com